The Making of Chloe’s Minnie Mouse Party Ears

Chloe just had her Minnie Mouse themed 3rd birthday party and I wanted to share how I made ears for the event. What better party toy & favor than Mickey & Minnie Mouse ears at a Minnie Mouse birthday party?

I had set out to buy some. I had snagged a pair long ago in the dollar bins at Target – long before Chloe announced that she wanted this theme for her birthday party (it was a toss up between Minnie & Cinderella for a long time). They no longer had any which left me with the junky cardboard option for nearly $3/piece or decent ones for $8/piece. Love Chloe, love her friends, love throwing over-the-top parties, but I also love not being broke. So… I set out to MAKE some. Can’t be that hard, right? Really it wasn’t.

The hardest part was actually finding inexpensive, plain, black kids headbands. The cheapest ones I found were actually princess headbands for 3 for $2. I may have pealed back one of them in the store to make sure that was black under there. I also bought 3 sheets of stiff black felt and some polka-dot ribbon. The only other thing you need is a pattern (link below), scissors, and a hot glue gun.

First, we unwound the princess ribbons from the headbands. My husband was installing some software on his computer so I was able to get him to do this while he baby-sat the install & while I cut out ears.

I used this pattern for 4th of July Minnie Mouse headbands. I actually only used the “front ears” since these were party favors. If you use the back of ears, you will need more felt that I used. Being careful with placement, I got 10 ears (enough for 5 headbands) out of each sheet of felt.

Next, lay a strip of hot glue on each of the 3 tabs on each ear and wrap it around the headband to the back of the ear.

Then, on about half, I hot glued red and white bows between the ears. The bows are two pieces. I secured the two loops first, then wrapped the center piece of the bow around both the loop part of the bow and the headband; then secured with hot glue.

I mixed and matched the ribbons for a but of extra fun.

It took me roughly an hour to do 15 of these and they were a hit at the party!

Compulsive crafter, connoisseur of shiny things, author, real estate Broker, designer, and mom. My mind is always spinning with ideas on how to create beautiful, functional spaces and things. Jane of all trades, master of many. After designing my first home at 20 and becoming a general contractor at 23, I've since created complete custom home spaces as well as couture gowns, crystal-adorned shoes, and more. I don't take no for an answer because there is always a way.